Valve-lifter for automobiles.



H. M. SCHNABEL.

VALVE LIFTERFOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. v3. 191s.

' 1,279,017". PatentedSept. 17,1918.

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V 3 mam doe PatentedSept. 17,1918.

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HENRY M. sciiims'st, '01 GEEENWICE-Z wiissie, seissisne (ZQUNTY, CONNECTICUT.

VALVErLEF'LEPJ F03 To all whom it may 0071mm 7 Be it known that i. i-inxnv SCUNABEL7 a citizen of theI -nited States'and resident of' the township of Greenwich, in thc'connty of Fan-field, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and 'nsefni improveinents in Valve-Lifters for Antoniohiies, of which the following is a specnicatum.

means of carrying out this invention, and

the accompanying drawings shonid he considered in. View of the specification which follows:

i In the drawings.

Figure The a perspective view iny veive lifter.

" .1 F ig. 2 apian view.

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" id isoperated by-a pill movement.

Fig. 3 .a perspective view of e. modification .1 in Whichthe valve lifter is provided with an inserting. rod and support.

Fig. 4: a modification wherein iiiterthe, valve Fig.6 a modification wherein nie y be head is removable and other heads Fig. 6 shows in eievetion onset the r I movable heads.-

Fignfi shows in perspective fdevice-jshown in Fig; *2; -2F ig. .9 shows my vssi'sf- 'valvefspring elevated.

A -Figf10 shows the opei etieeof thefothei Fig. 7 I shows-a stiii iinthe e of end 'ofthe; device in .eievatinge seeing;

" Similar reference nnm'eieis indicetefiiise;

partsin all of the figures where they appear. -My valve-lifter consists of ehodyportion i, which may be of a width '0? thickness desirabie to provide suiiicient length for convenient and SittlSfttCilOl? op.

ei'ation.

At the wedged end, the lifter, as shown intiie dz: s, pieviie' e plurality of F; 3.- essh Specification of Letters Retent.

Application filed September :3, 1916. Serial so. 119,845.

7 c may he jhfted out of its position or seat to aiioiv it and vsive seat or s sitented Sept. 1?,

integrai with the; body 1, and connected thereto by an enlarged portion 4:. I

Between the two locks 1s a recess 5, into which the vaive stem or guide may be e1:

lowed to pass and it will be noted thateach block is tapered in three different planes.

The longer tapers 6 and 7, assure that" the valve lifter will be forced continually toward the vaive stem and thatrit Willem.

gage thereon. The upper tapers Send 9,

are ada Jted to case under the washer and.

to forceit upward, the washer riding up the tapers 8 and 9, and resting upon the'fiiit portion it? and 11. f V j 'ihe iower tapers 12 reduce the area or valve stem guide, which guide rests npon icngth ofthe sidesG or 7, and ride nponthe the portion 13, and the difference between the width the point of the tapers and the Width from 11 to 13, is suiiicient to lift the spring an extent to allow the pin tobefre- I moved. 7 v p fdhouid thewesheidrop afte'r'the' pin is removed, I insert under the washer the Li posits end of the body 1, and as these'prongs upward, e downward ressu-re ed i5, shown formed at the op noon the left or block bearing en of the body member 1, will lift the'washer-to a desirebie extent. Between the prongs 14 w and 15, a recess 16, is form'ed intowhich the valve sten niay pass.

i have found in some instances that it iney be ditficuit to insert my valve-iifter or any vaivedii ter, and therefore I have providede guidemeinher 17, having a steproi block I 18, which is intended to engage the guide bio'ek. 1 When so engaged; the -'ii'fterki9. is piziced upon the fiat upswe p the guide 1?, and between 265 1161 2 snd an inward e 59.11 22, "will forcev the see position under the i 2%,,theffi;n gets may be engaged ostsig d sii'df21 ,1and these posts M niete ieiiy assist is. the operation of inserting the {valve lifter; p M ei method of operation preferred by some is to puii the. valve iiiter intoposition, to

eccompiish this it is necessary to provide a;

hociz' which is adep'ted'to engage the valve- 7 ms such COES STQCiIiOBdS shown in ihe hook s formed with a recess I which the spring disk "will test. Upon Q s washes. en pressing the heck of this recess is a block 24,

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- ing formed integral with each prong. These the prong 25, and the body 26, of the valve holder are tapered blocks which operate in the same manner as do the blocks 2 and 3, in Fig. 1, with the exception that the taper is toward the body portion 26 of the valve holder, this being necessary as this device is intended to be pulled outward to engage under the valve disk.

The device shown in Figs. 5 and 6, is simi-' lar in construction to that shown in Fig. 1, with the exception that the member 30, carrying the blocks 2 and 3, is removable and is engaged into the body member 31, by a rabbet or dove-tail 32. With this device blocks of any desired height may be employed or blocksof a different shape may be attached. It will be noted in all of my constructions that the operation is that of a wedge or a lurality of wedges inserted by being forced under the valve' spring disk and that whereas the prongs 14 and 15, ele- J vate the disk the blocks 2 and 3, retain the. disk in an elevated position. 4

In the construction shown in Fig. 7, the pronged end is provided with a plurality of transverse projections 34, one projectionbeprojections serve as a means for receiving and temporarily retaining the valve spring disk.

In this figureI also show serrations 35, which engage upon the valve rod guide. These serrations form av plurality of steps making my device operable with valve stems and guides of different heights. They also determinethe extent to which the. spring pose set forth.

2. A valve spring lifter consistin of a plurality of blocks in alinement and aving a recess between them, each said block being tapered upon three sides and adapted to be inserted between a spring washer, and a '3 valve guide to be temporarily'retained by the pressure of said spring.

'Z Signed at New York city, this 31st day fifi A ug ust, 1916.

, HENRY M. SCHNABEL. 

